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Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Amish Culture

Object ID: MG0434_Box021

Date Range: 1988/04 - 1995/07

Collection: Scrapbook Collection

Title: Amish Culture

Description: This scrapbook discusses many aspects about the Lancaster County Amish community. Several well-known Amish customs are mentioned throughout the newspaper clippings such as Rumspringa, barn raising, marriage season, and education. Other articles contain information about funeral customs, past-time activities, agriculture and other occupations. An article of special interest surrounds two Amish men arrested for religious beliefs.

Date Range: 1988/04 - 1995/07

Creation Date: April 1988 - July 1995

Year Range From: 1988

Year Range To: 1995

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 22

Subjects: Agriculture--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History; Amish; Amish farmers; Amish women; Amish--Customs and practices; Amish--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States; Amish--Marriage customs and rites; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--Education; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History--20th century; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History--Economic conditions; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--Social life and customs; Amish--Pennsylvania--Lancaster--Public Opinion; Barns; Carriages; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Funeral rites and ceremonies; Horticulture; Lancaster (Pa.); Lancaster County (Pa.)--History, local; Rumspringa; Scrapbooks

Search Terms: Amish; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Newspaper clippings; Scrapbooks; Women

Extent: 1 volume

Object Name: Scrapbook

Language: English

Object ID: MG0434_Box021

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Ferster, H. V. the Education of Amish Children. Buffalo, New York: Typescript, 1980.; Amish Traditions. Call Number: 289.71 Y54; The Amish of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Call Number: 289.71 S819; Amish Beliefs, Customs and Discipline. Call Number: 289.71 L643

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions. Please request this item by contacting Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to your visit.

Copyright: This item may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-434

Other Number: MG-434, Box 21

Classification: MG0434

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Cataloged by CRB, October 2007. Added to database, 24 September 2023.; Previously housed in the Scrapbook Collection, Book 158.; This project was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ME60112, 2007-2008.

Holding the line : the telephone in Old Order Mennonite and Amish life

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Author: Umble, Diane Zimmerman.

Date of Publication: 1996.

Call Number: 384.608 U48

Responsibility: Diane Zimmerman Umble.

ISBN: 0801853125 (alk. paper)

Author: Umble, Diane Zimmerman.

Place of Publication: Baltimore, Md

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,

Date of Publication: 1996.

Physical Description: xix, 192 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Notes: "Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia"--T.p. verso.; Includes bibliographical references (p.[175]-184) and index.

Subjects: Telephone; Telephone - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Old Order Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history - 20th century.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Religious life and customs.

Additional Corporate Author: Center for American Places (Harrisonburg, Va.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 384.608 U48

Mennonite women of Lancaster County : a story in photographs from 1855-1935

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Author: Siegrist, Joanne Hess.

Date of Publication: c1996.

Call Number: 305.48687 S571

Responsibility: Joanne Hess Siegrist.

ISBN: 1561482056

Author: Siegrist, Joanne Hess.

Place of Publication: Intercourse, PA

Publisher: Good Books,

Date of Publication: c1996.

Physical Description: 220 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219).

Contents: Chapters: An overview of Lancaster Mennonite women: their many faces, their open lives, their secret selves // Lancaster Mennonite women : the tone of their lives // Mennonites and early photography // "Running Around"// Motherhood and children // Farm life and work // School and studies // Church Life and faith // Family outings // The lure of the west

Summary: Little written material remains from these women who reared large families and made homes for them, who measured their lives by the church's standards. This vibrant collection of photographs, however, tells a remarkable story of "girl crowds," courting couples, multi-generational harvest/gardening work parties, high-spirited quilters, purposeful caregivers. Thoughtful, interpretive text provides both a structural background for what the photos show, as well as stories and specific detail about what the pictures hold.A rare view of women's lives in an unusually robust community -- the Mennonites of Lancaster, Pennsylvania [from Goodreads]

Subjects: Mennonite women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history - 19th century.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history - 20th century.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 305.48687 S571

Earliest Reformed Church in Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo284

Author: Dubbs, J. H.

Date of Publication: 1901

County. Reformed Church--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Conestoga (Pa. : Township)--History. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1900/1901 Description: [3]-16 p. ; 23 cm. Series

1 document

Responsibility: by Rev. Joseph H. Dubbs, D.D.

Author: Dubbs, J. H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1901

Physical Description: [3]-16 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 5, no. 1

Subjects: Heller's Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Reformed Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.

Contained In: Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.5

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Lancaster remembers the fabulous fifties through the pages of Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era, Sunday News

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12666

Date of Publication: c1994.

Call Number: 070 F134 Oversize

Alternate Title: Fabulous '50s in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Fabulous fifties

ISBN: 0896770583

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: [Historical Briefs, Inc.],

Date of Publication: c1994.

Physical Description: ca. 250 p. : ill., facsims. ; 35 cm.

Notes: "An HBI book."

Subjects: Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 20th century - Sources.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 20th century - Sources.

Additional Corporate Author: Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.

Additional Title: Intelligencer journal.; Lancaster new era.; Sunday news.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 070 F134 Oversize

Patients are a virtue : practicing medicine in the Pennsylvania Amish Country

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2651

Author: Wentz, Henry S.

Date of Publication: 1997.

Call Number: 610.69 W481

Responsibility: by Henry S. Wentz ; with illustrations by Paul H. Ripple.

ISBN: 1883294495

Author: Wentz, Henry S.

Place of Publication: Morgantown, PA

Publisher: Printed by Masthof Press,

Date of Publication: 1997.

Physical Description: xi, 175 p. : ill., port. ; 24 cm.

Summary: A memoir by a medical doctor who practiced in Strasburg, Pa from the postwar 1940's to the late 1980's . He talks about the changes during the period in how medical care is delivered . He also tells stories about his interaction with patients over the years, including extensive contacts with Amish and Mennonites.

Subjects: Amish.; History of Medicine, 20th Cent. - Pennsylvania; Physicians - Pennsylvania; Amish Country (Pa.); Pennsylvania Dutch Country (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 610.69 W481

Lancaster county Indians; annals of the Susquehannocks and other Indian tribes of the Susquehanna territory from about the year 1500 to 1763, the date of their extinction. An exhaustive and interesting series of historical papers descriptive of Lancaster county's Indians prior to and during the advent of the paleface

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5154

Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Date of Publication: 1908.

Call Number: 974.8011 E75

Responsibility: by H. Frank Eshleman.

Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Date of Publication: 1908.

Physical Description: 2 p. Î²., [3]-415 p. 23 cm.

Notes: LCHS copy inscribed by author.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Susquehanna Indians.; Conestoga Indians.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Antiquities; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 E75

After the fire : the destruction of the Lancaster County Amish

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Author: Testa, Randy-Michael.

Date of Publication: c1992.

Call Number: 289.71 T342

Responsibility: Randy-Michael Testa ; foreword by John A. Hostetler ; afterword by Robert Coles ; illustrations by Susie Riehl.

ISBN: 0874515874 (alk. paper)

Author: Testa, Randy-Michael.

Place of Publication: Hanover

Publisher: University Press of New England,

Date of Publication: c1992.

Physical Description: xiv, 187 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Summary: In this final decade of the twentieth century, a life-and-death struggle is being played out in Lancaster County: between land speculation and land stewardship, between material wealth and moral worth, between unrestrained growth and "the ties that bind." The Amish are at the center of the conflict, trying to maintain their unique community in the face of increasing encroachment from the outside. Randy Testa stands as a witness to their struggle, telling "the story of a people on the verge of conflagration". [from the publisher]

Subjects: Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social conditions.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.71 T342

Lancaster County Papers

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Date of Publication: 1854-1922.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245i

Date of Publication: 1854-1922.

Physical Description: 2 vol. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: A series of pamphlets bound together.

Contents: Vol 1: Father Ferdinand Farmer, an apostolic missionary in three states by John F. Quirk--A discourse, delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854 by P.J. Timlow--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Christ Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa.--Report of the commissioners appointed to examine the affairs of the Lancaster Savings Institution.; Vol.2: Resources and industries of the City of Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa.--Historical sketch of St. Anthony's Church, Lancaster, Penna., 1870-1895 by Anthony F. Dorley--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, Lancaster County, Pa., on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1854--A discourse delivered in the Leacock Presbyterian Church, July 21st, 1892 by P.J. Timlow--Historical sketch of Zion's Reformed Church [Millersville] by D.H. Landis.

Subjects: Timlow, P.J.; St. Anthony's Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Christ Lutheran Church (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Lancaster Savings Institution - Report.; Leacock Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.) - History.; Sacred Heart Academy (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; St. Anthony's Parochial School (Lancaster, Pa.) - History.; Presbyterian Church (Lancaste County, Pa.); Reformed Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Roman Catholic Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Lutheran Church (Lancaster County, Pa.); Millersville (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Directories.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L245i

Old Order Amish : their enduring way of life

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Author: Niemeyer, Lucian.

Date of Publication: c1993.

Call Number: 289.71 K91

Responsibility: photographs by Lucian Niemeyer ; text by Donald B. Kraybill.

ISBN: 0801844266

Author: Niemeyer, Lucian.

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,

Date of Publication: c1993.

Physical Description: x, 187 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary: "In the accompanying text, Donald Kraybill - author of the highly acclaimed Riddle of Amish Culture - tells the often surprising story of today's Old Order Amish. His introduction provides a sweeping overview of Amish life in North America and explains how a traditional people have managed not merely to survive but to flourish in the midst of modern life. In thirty-five vignettes throughout the book, Kraybill explains Amish views on issues ranging from "Childbirth" and "Women Entrepreneurs" to "The Riddles of Farm Machinery," "Sowing Wild Oats,"and "The Politics of Separation." His concluding essay examines why modern observers are so drawn to the Amish and their traditional values.Old Order Amish details the rigors of hard work, the strength of family and community, the discipline of the religious Ordnung, and the ingenious Amish compromises with modernity. Here at last is an authentic portrait of the Amish - in striking photographs and honest accounts of their daily concerns and enduring traditions."

Subjects: Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Pictorial works.

Additional Author: Kraybill, Donald B.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.71 K91

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